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The parameters of a methane-containing plasma in an asymmetric RF capacitive discharge in an external magnetic field were studied using optical emission spectroscopy. The power deposited in the discharge was 90 W and the gas pressure and magnetic field were varied in the ranges 1–5 Pa and 50–200 G, respectively. The vibrational and rotational temperatures of hydrogen molecules and CH* radicals were measured as functions of the magnetic field and methane pressure. The ratio between the densities of atomic and molecular hydrogen was estimated. The processes responsible for the excitation of molecular hydrogen and CH* radicals in a methane-containing plasma in an RF capacitive discharge are analyzed.
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Original Russian Text © S.V. Avtaeva, T.M. Lapochkina, 2007, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2007, Vol. 33, No. 9, pp. 846–858.
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Avtaeva, S.V., Lapochkina, T.M. Characteristics of molecular hydrogen and CH* radicals in a methane plasma in a magnetically enhanced capacitive RF discharge. Plasma Phys. Rep. 33, 774–785 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X07090073
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